What MOREK ENGINEERING LTD does

Morek Engineering Ltd is a privately held marine engineering and naval architecture consultancy founded in 2019 by Bob Colclough, a chartered Naval Architect, and headquartered in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The firm delivers specialist engineering services across the offshore renewables and blue economy sectors, with a defined practice in mooring system design, seafastening and mobilisation engineering, dynamic cable and umbilical design, naval architecture (hydrostatics, diffraction and vessel motion analysis), marine operations planning, project engineering, third-party verification, scaled model testing, and end-to-end offshore construction support. Morek acts as a Subject Matter Expert on mooring design for Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) and has extended into vessel-class concept design as consortium lead on the Future FLOW Installation Vessel (FFIV) project. Customers include offshore wind and floating LiDAR developers (Titan Technologies), tidal energy operators (Simec Atlantis Energy, Sustainable Marine Energy, Mocean), marine construction contractors (Hughes Subsea Services), research bodies (Fraunhofer IWES, OREC), and government/environmental bodies (Natural England, Arc Marine), with projects delivered in the UK, Japan, Korea, China and Canada.

The technical stack is built around industry-standard marine and numerical analysis tools: OrcaFlex and OrcaWave for mooring and diffraction analysis, MATLAB and Python for computational integration and automation, SolidWorks/Autodesk Inventor/Rhino for 3D CAD, Delftship for hull modelling, Dlubal RFem and Ansys Mechanical for FEA, and OpenFOAM for CFD. A proprietary integration layer links OrcaFlex to Python for iterative design optimisation and metocean data processing, providing workflow efficiency rather than a standalone product. The firm carries ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 accreditation (April 2024) and operates with a core team of four named chartered engineers, supplemented as needed by offshore supervision staff.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements priced per scope, with senior engineers directly involved in business development and client relationship management. Distribution is direct and B2B, supplemented by thought leadership at conferences (FOW2024/2025, Global Offshore Wind, Clean Maritime Day) and downloadable service brochures for mooring, seafastening, dynamic cable and heavy lift engineering services. The company is founder-controlled with no disclosed institutional funding; UK Government Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 4 grant (January 2024) represents the only disclosed non-grant public funding tied to a specific project (FFIV).

Name

MOREK ENGINEERING LTD

Legal name

Morek Engineering Ltd

Website

https://morek.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Morek Engineering Ltd is a Falmouth, UK-based naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy founded in 2019, delivering mooring design, seafastening, dynamic cable, naval architecture and marine operations services to offshore renewable energy, tidal, floating LiDAR and blue economy clients across four continents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Engineering Consultancy

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Project Management & Owner’s Engineering / Technical Consultancy (Spec Writing, Bid Support, Site Support) (IMAJAGAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Offshore Wind Substructures & Marine Engineering (Monopiles, Jackets, Floating) (EUAMACAE), Offshore Wind & Renewable Support Vessel Construction (SOV, CTV, WTIV) (IMAJACAG)

Keywords

• Marine engineering services
• Naval architecture consultancy
• Offshore renewables engineering
• Mooring system design
• Seafastening engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Falmouth

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consultancy Services: Professional engineering services including mooring design, naval architecture, seafastening, marine operations, project engineering, third-party verification, and scaled testing. Revenue generated through project-based consulting engagements with clients in offshore renewables and marine sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Morek Engineering Ltd is a specialist marine engineering consultancy delivering design, analysis, and offshore operations support for the offshore renewables and blue economy sectors. Core offerings cover mooring system design (permanent and temporary), seafastening for heavy cargo, dynamic cable engineering, naval architecture, marine operations simulation, project engineering, third-party verification, and scaled model testing. The firm serves clients developing floating offshore wind, tidal and wave energy devices, and marine construction projects across international waters.

Product overview

Morek Engineering Ltd is a marine engineering and naval architecture consultancy offering a comprehensive suite of engineering services for the offshore renewables and blue economy sectors. The portfolio includes Moorings (permanent and temporary mooring design for floating wind, tidal, and wave energy devices), Seafastening (cargo transportation engineering and mobilisation), Dynamic Cables (umbilical design for harsh offshore environments), Naval Architecture (hydrostatic analysis, diffraction analysis, vessel assessments), Simulation (marine operations analysis, FEA, metocean analysis), Project Engineering (lift planning, risk assessment, operational planning), Third Party Verification (independent technical review), Scaled Testing (model testing campaigns), and Marine Operations (offshore construction management and supervision). The company operates from Falmouth, Cornwall and serves an international client base.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Moorings Subject Matter Expert mooring design services ranging from recreational craft to next-generation Floating Offshore Wind turbines. Covers permanent and temporary mooring design, complete FOW system modelling (quasi-static or time-domain), third-party verification, and mooring component design for offshore renewable energy clients.
• Seafastening Comprehensive seafastening engineering services for safe transportation of heavy cargoes by sea, including design, engineering, documentation, class approval documentation, marine warranty survey documentation, and onsite supervision of mobilisation works. Capable of designing seafastening for cargos up to 1,200 tonnes.
• Dynamic Cables Design and analysis of dynamic cables and umbilicals for marine renewable energy installations. Includes tailored solutions for extreme conditions, development of digital twins for predictive maintenance, and application of sustainable lightweight materials for offshore cable systems.
• Naval Architecture Comprehensive naval architecture services including hydrostatic analysis, diffraction analysis, vessel motion assessments, ship structure design, modification designs, refit specifications, and towing analysis for marine and offshore clients.
• Simulation Advanced engineering analysis services including marine operations simulation, structural finite element analysis (FEA), metocean and oceanographic analysis, weather risk assessment, and 2D/3D CAD capabilities using OrcaFlex, Python, MATLAB, Dlubal RFem, Ansys Mechanical, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, and Rhino.
• Project Engineering Comprehensive technical support for marine construction activities including lift planning, dynamic offshore lift analysis, weather limits determination, mooring design, operational storyboarding, vessel and asset selection, and risk reduction processes for offshore installation projects.
• Third Party Verification Independent and impartial technical advice for technology development, project development and funding/investment decisions. Includes appraisal of residual risk and review of project documentation for offshore renewable and marine construction projects.
• Scaled Testing Scaled model testing campaign services including design and build of scaled models, specification of test objectives, scaling of real sea, site, and technology parameters, and coordination with UK testing facilities for offshore device validation.
• Marine Operations Design, cost, plan, and execute marine operations including offshore construction management, subsea works management, mobilisation management, lift appointed person services, and deck supervision for offshore installation and construction projects.
• Heavy Lift Engineering Services Specialist heavy lift engineering service package covering structural and hydrodynamic design, load-out and transport engineering, rigging and lift design, mooring and naval architecture, motion analysis and vessel selection support, and installation method development for offshore heavy lift projects.
• Future FLOW Installation Vessel (FFIV) Concept Design Design concept for a new class of low-carbon installation vessel for the Floating Offshore Wind market. Incorporates low-carbon fuels, hydrodynamically optimised hull, and expanded mooring capacity. Developed in consortium with Solis Marine Engineering, Tope Ocean, First Marine Solutions, and Celtic Sea Power under UK Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition funding.

Quantifiable outcome

• Seafastening design capability for cargos up to 1200 tonnes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Solis Marine EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2024Naval architects consortium partner in the Future FLOW Installation Vessel (FFIV) project. Solis brings vessel design expertise to the low-carbon installation vessel consortium, contributing hydrodynamically optimised hull design and low-emission powertrain integration.
• Tope OceancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2024Innovation specialists consortium partner in the FFIV project, bringing expertise in advanced technology innovation for the floating offshore wind sector.
• First Marine SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2024Marine operations specialists and long-term collaborative partner. Worked with Morek on multiple projects including the OREC FOW mooring and anchoring study, and consortium partner in FFIV project.
• Celtic Sea PowercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2024Consortium partner in the FFIV project, contributing expertise in the Celtic Sea offshore wind market development.
• Fraunhofer IWESstrategicTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024Collaboration to enhance floating lidar buoy technology capabilities for deployment in deeper, more exposed offshore locations. Morek undertook mooring system optimisation for Fraunhofer's Wind Lidar Buoy technology.
• Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Delivered mooring and anchoring systems study for Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence. OREC is the UK's leading technology innovation and research centre for offshore renewable energy.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Innosea: Norwegian offshore renewables engineering consultancy offering mooring and dynamic cable analysis for floating wind and tidal energy. Comparable specialist profile, similar early-stage size and overlapping client base with European floating wind developers.
• Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam: Dutch naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy offering mooring design, vessel design and offshore operations support. Directly comparable specialist firm serving offshore wind, dredging and offshore energy clients from a similar scale and service mix to Morek.
• OWC (Offshore Wind Consultants): Independent offshore wind consultancy providing marine engineering, mooring design, naval architecture and owner's engineering services to developers and OEMs globally. Closest direct competitor in the FOW technical consultancy niche.
• SeaRenergy: German offshore wind engineering and offshore services company offering design, installation engineering and mooring support. Comparable independent mid-sized competitor in European offshore wind engineering services.
• C-Job Naval Architects: Independent Dutch naval architecture firm delivering vessel concept and basic design, offshore engineering and FOW support work. Closely matches Morek's naval architecture + offshore renewables specialism from a similar independent, mid-sized consulting posture.
• WavEC Offshore Renewables: Portuguese non-profit engineering centre providing wave and tidal energy technical services including mooring design and resource assessment. Comparable specialist in marine renewables engineering with similar focus areas to Morek's tidal/wave segment.
• Aqualis Offshore (now part of OWC): Offshore engineering consultancy historically offering naval architecture, mooring and marine operations services to the offshore wind and oil & gas sectors. Direct overlap in mooring design and offshore engineering consulting services with Morek.

Broad incumbents

• Ramboll Energy Offshore Wind: International engineering consultancy with a sizeable offshore wind practice delivering owner's engineering, mooring and structural design services. Competes with Morek on FOW projects as a broad incumbent with deeper resourcing rather than a niche specialist.
• BMT Group: Large UK-headquartered marine engineering consultancy with naval architecture, offshore engineering and marine operations practices. A broader incumbent that competes with Morek on larger scopes but offers a much wider service portfolio.
• DNV Energy Systems: Global technical assurance and advisory firm with a substantial offshore wind and marine engineering practice, including third-party verification and standards work. Larger incumbent that overlaps with Morek's verification and mooring design services as part of a much wider portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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